Samuel Seabury's Views Of Law
Becasue of Samuel Seabury's Tory viewpoint, he was not keen on the idea of Patriots in the colonies making their own laws. Having this Loyalist view, Seabury (pictured at right) was in fact loyal to Britian, and did not approve of lawmaking within the colonies claiming it was "a foriegn power" (Gorn 102). Which is ironic considering the Patroits were making their own laws in order to not be governed by what they thought was the foriegn power; Great Britian. In his appeal to the New York legislature, Seabury also stated that, "Laws made at Philadelphia, by factious men from New-England, New-Jersey, Pennslvania, Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas, are imposed upon us by the most imperious menaces" (Gorn 102). That being the case, Samuel Seabury's Tory beliefs are easily detected when he discusses law, making clear his disapproving opinion of colonial lawmaking.
Becasue of Samuel Seabury's Tory viewpoint, he was not keen on the idea of Patriots in the colonies making their own laws. Having this Loyalist view, Seabury (pictured at right) was in fact loyal to Britian, and did not approve of lawmaking within the colonies claiming it was "a foriegn power" (Gorn 102). Which is ironic considering the Patroits were making their own laws in order to not be governed by what they thought was the foriegn power; Great Britian. In his appeal to the New York legislature, Seabury also stated that, "Laws made at Philadelphia, by factious men from New-England, New-Jersey, Pennslvania, Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas, are imposed upon us by the most imperious menaces" (Gorn 102). That being the case, Samuel Seabury's Tory beliefs are easily detected when he discusses law, making clear his disapproving opinion of colonial lawmaking.
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